I've been playing along with Weekly Geeks since it first started in 2008. (little know fact, I created a few of the WG buttons for Dewey, like Spock above) It's one of my favorite memes because the prompts are fun and I get to meet other bloggers in the process. When Dewey created WG, she knew what she doing. She was bringing book bloggers together, to discuss one of our passions, books!
This week's WG's asks:
Option 1: Write a post (or leave a comment) with suggestions for future weekly geek topics!
My suggestions would be:
*Favorite Book Quotes/Passages
*Favorite Book to Film Adaptations
*Photos of Your Favorite Reading Spot
*Play Matchmaker and get two of your favorite literary characters together on a date.
Where would they go? What would they do? The characters can be from different books, different genres...etc.
*Fake an interview with your favorite literary character.
*Post a Favorite Poem
*If you could live in any literary world, where would it be?
Option 2: Write a post about your genre prejudices or your genre allergies. (I tend to be allergic to westerns, for example.) Are there genres that you haven't read that you avoid at all costs? Are there genres that you don't take seriously? Would you be willing to try something new?
This is a fun question. I like to read wide variety of genres, and don't usually shy away from anything in particular. But I will say that I'm allergic to Harlequin Romance.
I'm not trying to bash this genre, I do enjoy reading romance and I have read a few HQ's in the past. But, for some reason, the book covers on HQ turn me off.
I'm also slightly allergic to self-help books. But I am willing to make the exception for these if they sound really good.
What about you? What genres are you allergic to?
